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UK licensed sponsor · New Malden, Surrey · Retail

GFD LTD Trading As ECKLEE

GFD LTD Trading As ECKLEE, New Malden, Surrey, holds a Home Office sponsor licence for Skilled Worker. It is on the current register and has been since at least 4 September 2026. Companies House lists it as Gfd Limited (04825401), active, incorporated in 2003 (23 years ago), registered for other retail sale of food in specialised stores, trading as Ecklee.

Skilled WorkerWorker (A rating)On the registerSurreyRetail

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Companies House

Who GFD LTD Trading As ECKLEE actually is

Registered name
Gfd Limited
Company number
04825401
Status
Active
Type
Private limited company
Incorporated
8 July 2003 · 23 years old
What they do
  • 47290 Other retail sale of food in specialised stores
Sector
Retail
Trading as
Ecklee
Previously
Stevensdrake Shelf Company Nine Limited (until 2003)
Registered office
341-345 West Barnes Lane West Barnes Lane, New Malden, KT3 6JF

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. The registered office is where the company files its paperwork, not necessarily where it trades. Matched 10 September 2026.

The register

GFD LTD Trading As ECKLEE, New Malden, Surrey, holds a Home Office sponsor licence on the Skilled Worker route, and has been on the register since at least 2026. Its rating on the register is Worker (A rating).

Companies House lists it as Gfd Limited, number 04825401, incorporated 2003: 23 years of filings behind the name. Registered office: 341-345 West Barnes Lane West Barnes Lane, New Malden, KT3 6JF, KT3 6JF. By its SIC codes the business is in retail. It has traded under other names before, including Stevensdrake Shelf Company Nine Limited.

Holding a licence is the expensive, slow part done. For GFD LTD Trading As ECKLEE the question each time is only whether the role and the pay fit the current rules, and that is checked per vacancy.

What a licence means

The slow part is done

Getting a licence takes an application, checks and a fee, and most employers never bother. GFD LTD Trading As ECKLEE has, which means when a role qualifies the certificate can be assigned without months of preparation.

How to approach them

Make the certificate easy

The employer assigns the certificate; you supply what it needs. Certificates, references, your English level and a clear licence position, all ready, is what makes GFD LTD Trading As ECKLEE say yes to the sponsored candidate over the unsponsored one.

For candidates

What you need to work here

  • A confirmed job offer from a UK employer that holds a Home Office sponsor licence. The employers in this directory all hold one.
  • A Certificate of Sponsorship from that employer describing the role.
  • A job on the Home Office list of eligible occupations, paid at least the minimum salary for that role and route.

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Source: UK Visas and Immigration, Register of licensed sponsors: workers. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Being on the register means an organisation holds a sponsor licence. It does not mean it has a vacancy or that it will sponsor you.

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GFD LTD Trading As ECKLEE